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Beedi baron Mohammed Nisham gets life term for killing guard with Hummer

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Mohammed Nisham

Thrissur: Kerala beedi baron Mohammed Nisham, convicted for killing a security guard in a fit of rage by ramming his luxury Hummer, was today sentenced life imprisonment in addition to 24 years in jail by a court here which also slapped a fine of Rs 80.30 lakh on him.

“He is likely to behind bars for 39 years,” Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) C P Udayabhanu said. First Additional District and Sessions Judge K P Sudheer had held accused Nisham (40) guilty yesterday.

Pronouncing the quantum of sentence, the judge directed that the deceased guard Chandrabose’s wife Jamanthi should be paid Rs 50 lakh from the fine amount.

The court also directed the prosecution to launch proceedings against Nisham’s wife Amal, a witness who had turned hostile in the case.

SPP Udayabhanu said Nisham will have to undergo life imprisonment under IPC section 302 (murder) and an additional 24 years under various sections of the IPC, including 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), and 427 (committing mischief).

The prosecution had demanded the maximum penalty of death sentence to the accused citing it as a rarest of rare case and a compensation of Rs five crore to the deceased guard’s family.

Jamanthi and Chandrabose’s mother, who were present in court, expressed disappointment with the verdict. “We did not get the justice we expected. Nisham will be happy in jail no matter how many years he is behind bars,” Janmanthi said.

Nisham, who was in an “inebriated” state, had allegedly in a fit of rage assaulted Chandrabose (51) and later rammed his luxury vehicle against him in the early hours of January 29 last year. He was irked over the delay in the guard opening the main gates of a posh residential complex ‘Shobha city’ here.

The severely injured guard, treated in a hospital with ventilator support, died on February 16. The case had evoked widespread protests across the state.

(Agencies)

Bigg Boss Season 9 is one big pre-planned drama

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Colors Channel’s most popular reality show Bigg Boss has mostly depended, in every season, on its over dramatically melodramatic & pre – planned albeit allegedly scripted controversial contents and many of the earlier contestants of the Bigg Boss show have revealed their opinionated version to the varied sources comprising of the members of the 4th estate but of course on condition of anonymity.

The latest prediction doing the rounds of Tinsel Town these days is that Mandana Karimi, one of the contestant of Bigg Boss Season 9, will be a sure shot winner of Bigg Boss Season 9. And this pre – planning was evidently clear when one by one & week after week all the strong contestants were eliminated nay evicted without any rhyme or reason like Kishwar Merchant, who was at least given a consolation prize of Rs 15 lakhs – so what if that particular amount will be finally & actually deducted from the original prize booty of Rs 50 lakhs, & Priya Thakker, who was already declared as one of the 1st contestants in the Top 5 category to get a Ticket to finale and this is to name just 2 contestants and they were all eliminated under the pretext of the allegedly rigged voting melodrama.

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And to top it all the Queen of the small screen namely Balaji Head Honcho Ekta Kapoor too has jumped into the fray of the cess pool of Bigg Boss albeit not as a contestant but to blatantly, schemingly & allegedly promote her upcoming film Mastizaade’s heroine Mandana Karimi as the currently ongoing season of Bigg Boss Season 9’s winner. That apart Mastizaade also stars Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani and the film is releasing, a day before the Grand Finale of Bigg Boss Season 9 (23rd Jan, 2O16), and to be precise Mastizaade is releasing on 22nd Jan, 2016 and as predicted by one & all Mandana Karimi, and now please don’t ask Mandana Karimi who?, is alleged to be the ultimate winner in the rat race of this ongoing 9th season of Bigg Boss.

Any ways Mandana Karimi is all set or all set up to bag the crowning trophy of Bigg Boss Season 9. And now a few nuggets about Mandana Karimi, the latest sensational talk of or rather the toast of the town courtesy the Bigg Boss show. She is supposed to be one (inane) film old actress from Iran and now a protege nay a blue eyed girl of the Balaji Camp & Ekta Kapoor’s allegedly favorite Baby Doll. Not only this she is also the most favored & the most favorite person of Bigg Boss host Salman Khan who has left no stone unturned to blatantly albeit encouragingly promote her as a safe bet nay a winning target. And the timing to promote her through such a big platform of Colors Channel’s Bigg Boss could not have been more appropriately & perfectly timed coinciding with the release of her upcoming film Mastizaade.

Hold your breath the pre -planned Bigg Boss trophy & prize fixing, just like Cricket match fixing, drama does not end there or began there.

Since past one week the camouflaged Big Boss’ voice & Salman Khan had been giving a subtle albeit stern warning to Mandana Karimi that she may have to face a turbulent decision making week which may result in her ouster from the Bigg Boss house topped with dire consequences.

And of course their saying proved right when last Sun to be precise on 17th Jan, 2016, Ekta Kapoor’s alleged message nay an av courier boys Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani, both of them Madana Karimi’s co – star in Mastizaade, arrived on the Bigg Boss show on the alleged pretext to promote their film Mastizaade. Be that as it may be so after meeting Salman Khan the host they went straight into the Bigg Boss house and met Mandana Karimi in private and away from the other inmates informing her that Madame Ekta Kapoor was damn upset with her and she had also spoken to the media personnel alleging that Mandana Karimi had dishonored her contract with Balaji by not taking part in the promotional campaigns of Mastizaade. The newspaper clipping of which was already shown to Mandana Karimi by Bigg Boss just minutes ago. Then Ekta Kapoor’s av too was played on the Bigg Boss show in which Ekta Kapoor had directly addressed Mandana Karimi, “You have dishonoured the contract with Balaji by not taking part in the promotional campaigns of Mastizaade and the film is releasing next week. With my permission you had entered the Bigg Boss house just for 4 to 5 weeks but you are still here. So I order you to leave the Big Boss house immediately in fact right now or else you will have to face dire consequences. In fact my team of lawyers have already prepared a strong defamation case against you to the tune of Rs 50 crores if you do not leave the house right now.” Then Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani left Bigg Boss house assuring Mandana Karimi that they are always with her. After which Salman Khan appeared and told Mandana Karimi to take a proper decision and if she left the Big Boss house right then she will have to pay a heavy penalty to Bigg Boss.

And then the flip side of the most funny & the farcical part of the story is that Bigg Boss, Salman Khan, Balaji Queen Ekta Kapoor in tandem with Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani et al couldn’t maintain the nail biting suspense oriented
moments before the 2 minutes of commercial break. And as soon as the commercial break was over one more av was run in the Bigg Boss house and once again Ekta Kapoor addressed Mandana Karimi directly and averred, “Don’t worry Mandana no need to leave the Big Boss house at least not now. You are the best & the strongest contest and I am sure you will be the winner.” So much of pre – confidence does not leave any room or scope for doubts as far as the alleged conspiratorial plan of the concerned parties to get Mandana Karimi declared as the winner of Bigg Boss Season 9 is concerned. And all the while all of them were having the last laugh. And even Mademoiselle Mandana Karimi was seen shedding the copious crocodile tears and in the very next scene she was seen laughing away to glory. And very soon just within a matter of 5 days she will be seen laughing all the way to the bank once she bags the crowning trophy of Bigg Boss Season 9 as predicted earlier.

Post Script: Incidentally speaking a tarot card reader named Monica was also summonmed in the Big Boss house on 20th Jan, 2016 to have a last minute interaction with the Top 5 contestants namely Rochelle, Rao, Keith Sequeira, Hrushab Sinha, Prince Nirala & Mandana Karimi. No prizes for guessing that the tarot card reader Monica too predicted Mandana Karimi’s name as a clear winner. And on the same day Keith Sequiera was also eliminated & evicted.

A little more analytical introspection at this juncture regarding Bigg Boss Season 9 will not be out of place. No doubt that over the years the small screen Colors Channel’s reality show Bigg Boss has become quite popular mainly because of its allegedly premeditated albeit scripted & purposely staged controversial elements.
And as usual Bigg Boss Season 9 too, is not devoid of these controversial elements.

In fact Bigg Boss season 9 has almost become too hot to handle. These time the onlookers & the audiences too felt that the contestants were almost imprisoned for 105 days in nothing but a torture chamber as they had to undergo grueling task after task under extreme circumstantial conditions.

Besides there were all the ingredients intact as always packed to the brim as in a celluloid silver screen commercial potboiler. So this time around too Bigg Boss Season 9 had everything in extreme measures. To start off with as usual there were romantic couples (Kishwar Merchant with her real life beau Suyash Rai, Rochelle Rao with her real life beau Keith Sequeira & of course the studs Prince Nirala & wild card entry Hrushab Sinha, man handling oops sorry getting flirtatiously passionate & cozy with each & every female inmates of Bigg Boss house. Besides as usual there was bitching & backbiting, backstabbing, slapping & kicking (Mandana Karimi blatantly kicking Kiswar Merchant under the pretext of doing a task and for which Kishwer Merchant had created a lot of noise – to name just one instance), jealousy, anger, betrayal, screaming, freely using cuss words (Beeped off later during the day to day telecast) et al and all the fireworks used to take place in a second under a slightest provocation. So you name it they had it. Yes even kissing on each others cheeks were doing a free round. So what next Mr. Bigg Boss? Will the next season also have bedroom scenes and fully enjoyable lip – lock smooching sessions?

This time too, there was the staple diet of slightly gayish characters and this time it was dress designer Kamli aka Kanwaljeet Singh who lasted in the Bigg Boss house for a brief phase topped with past contestant Imam Siddiqui who had re – entered the Big Boss house in the last weeks to test the remaining contestants regarding their eligibility to be the winner of “Ticket To Finale”. And then of course last but not the least as usual there were promotional campaigns galore of any Tom, Dick & Harry’s films with their usual quota of show off stars which also included Sonam Kapoor (She had entered the Bigg Boss house 3 times – may be preferential treatment as she happened to be the host Salman Khan’s co – star in Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo which also gave Salman Khan lots of chances to blow his own Sultani trumpet time & again) and then there was Akshay Kumar (who even ‘Airlift’ed one of the contestant) Priya Thakker out of the Big Boss house for eviction purpose.

And how can one forget the sensous & the sexual part of Big Boss Season 9. With the bare chested boys (A chosen few male contestants) jumping into the pool with the bikini babes (A chosen few female contestants) topped with Sunny Leone, showing off her curves in a tight illfitting dress, when she had come to promote one of her own film and all the above mentioned Double Trouble was taken to set the temperatures & the TRP’s soaring high, higher & highest.

So much more has happened in this season 9 of Bigg Boss Double Trouble that even reams & reams of papier -mache would be insuffice to recount everything in one go.

As a parting shot let us remind you once again that as of now there are 4 finalists in the rat race of the Grand Finale of Bigg Boss Double Trouble, to be held on Sat 23rd Jan, 2016, namely Hrushabh Sinha, Rochelle Rao, Prince Nirala & Mandana Karimi and we have already told you who will be the ultimate winner. Period!

Pakistan army says deadly university attack over

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At least 19 people dead after gunmen storm Charsadda university in northwest Pakistan.

At least 25 ambulances were called to the university because of the attack [Reuters]

At least 25 ambulances were called to the university because of the attack [Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

At least 19 people have been killed in an attack that lasted six hours at a university in northwest Pakistan, according to an army spokesperson.

Attackers scaled a wall and cut through barbed wire on Wednesday morning at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, about 140km from the capital Islamabad.

The attack left at least 50 people injured. A security official said the death toll could rise to as high as 40.

“The operation is over and the university has been cleared,” Pakistan Army spokesperson General Asim Bajwa told Reuters news agency.

“Four gunmen have been killed.”

Attackers entered the university complex in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and opened fire at students and teachers in classrooms and hostels, according to police officials.

There were conflicting statements from the Pakistani Taliban, as one commander claimed the attack, but the group’s spokesperson later disassociated the Taliban from the attack, saying it was “un-Islamic”.

Students told local media they saw several young men wielding AK-47 guns storming the university housing where many students were sleeping.

The university has over 3,000 enrolled students and was hosting an additional 600 visitors on Wednesday for a poetry recital on the death anniversary of the Pashtun activist Abdul Ghaffar “Bacha” Khan, the university’s vice-chancellor said.

Abdul Ghaffar ‘Bacha Khan’ was known for his nonviolent protest opposing British rule over India.

“Around 200 students have been safely evacuated from an examination hall in the university,” Provincial Public Health Engineering Minister Shah Farman said.

Local authorities have announced the closure of all education institutions across Charsadda until January 31.

Earlier, as police and soldiers rushed to the campus, the attackers traded gunfire with the troops and several explosions were heard from the area of the university.

The army said the attackers were contained in two university blocks before being killed.

Television footage showed heavy military presence at the university, troops rushing in and people fleeing.

Students spoke of one hero teacher, Syed Hamid Husain, fighting back against the intruders, shooting his weapon in a bid to protect the students.

Geology student Zahoor Ahmed said his lecturer had warned him not to leave the building after the first shots were fired.

“He was holding a pistol in his hand,” said Ahmed.

“Then I saw a bullet hit him. I saw two militants were firing. I ran inside and then managed to flee by jumping over the back wall.”

Teachers in the province were given permission to carry firearms in the classroom after the December 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.

On Tuesday, a suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in the Jamrud area of northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20.

At least 144 people, most of them children, were killed when armed men attacked the 2014 attack on the Peshawar school.

Last month, Pakistan executed four men linked to the school massacre which left more than 130 school children dead.

The executions, which officials said were carried out by hanging at a prison in the city of Kohat, were the first in connection with the December 16 attack.

Karnataka State Schools Team Chess Championship 2016

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Bengaluru: Greenwood High International School, under the auspices of United Karnataka Chess Association will be organising the 3rd Karnataka State Schools Team Chess Championship 2016. The competition will be held from February 02 – 05, 2016 at Greenwood High International School Campus. The tournament will be conducted in Under-7, Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15 and under-18 Categories separately for Boys and Girls. The last date for entries is 27th January 2016.

GREENWOOD HIGH AT A GLANCE

Greenwood High is a highly-reputed Day cum Residential International School in Bangalore, India established in 2004 offering IB, IGCSE and ICSE curriculum. We are the only International School in Bangalore to have received the honour of bagging 5 National awards and to be ISO 18001:2007 accredited with a “Safety and Health Management Systems Certificate”. Greenwood High stands out with complete nurturing care, emphasizing on the all round development of the student. The futuristic curriculum lays equal emphasis on academics and personality development. With over 3100 students Greenwood High not only focuses of educational “best practices”, but also thrives to provide total personality and intellectual development.

Movie Review: ‘702 Dixits’ is a very predictable movie of the thriller genre

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702-Dixits

Producer: Rohit Jail and Prashant Umbrani
Director: Shankh Rajyadhyaksha
Star Cast: Vijay Andalkar, Gauri Nigudkar, Pallavi Patil, Ruchi Jail and Vikram Gokhale
Genre: Thriller
Verdict: AVERAGE

Debutante director Shankh Rajyadhyaksha has tried his level best to come up with a perfect murder mystery, but the premise itself falls flat on its face.

Plot: 702 Dixit’s is a story about Dixit family members Kaavya Dixit & Yash Dixit and their daughter Reva, a young & happy couple with blooming careers. The Dixits get into a serious problem because of their house help / baby sitter Asha who had been recently hired to take care of Reva. Since all the circumstantial evidences point against Yash, he gets arrested and their perfect family life gets totally disturbed.

Aces: The overall look and presentation of the film as well as the good performances of Vijay Andalkar, Gauri Nigudkar and Pallavi Patil.

Minuses: Debutante director Shankh Rajyadhyaksha’s directorial treatment lacks much to be desired. And the scenario moving at snail’s speed tests your patience.

Last Word: All in all 702 Dixits is good enough for one watch.

India collapse to defeat despite Kohli, Dhawan tons

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Aaron Finch and David Warner stitched together a 187-run opening partnership for Australia. (Source: AP)

Aaron Finch and David Warner stitched together a 187-run opening partnership for Australia. (Source: AP)

Canberra: India capitulated shamelessly losing the last 9 wickets for 46 runs to give Australia a 25-run victory in the fourth ODI, here today after outstanding centuries by Shikhar Dhawan (126) and Virat Kohli (106).

Chasing a substantial 349 for their first win in the series, the visitors were given a great start by Rohit Sharma, who hit a breezy 41 off 25 balls before Dhawan and Kohli set up a rollicking partnership of 212 runs for the second wicket off 177 balls to take the team to 277 without any further loss when Dhawan fell to mark a long procession of Indian batsman returning to the pavilion.

Kohli hit 106 off only 92 balls for his second successive century in the series before a soft dismissal and then Dhoni (0) lasted only three balls to dash India’s hopes with another frontline batsman Ajinkya Rahane injured although he did come into bat making only 2 runs.

India’s fourth successive defeat in the five-match series came a day after Team Director Ravi Shastri had said that “there is absolutely no shame in the way they have played despite recent results,” but after the match Dhoni took responsibility of the loss.

(Agencies)

Prof. B. Sheik Ali to get first M M Kalaburagi Award

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B Sheik AliBengaluru: Historian B Sheik Ali will receive the first Dr M M Kalaburagi Award, instituted by the Kannada Book Authority (KBA).

The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 75,000 and citation, for writers in humanities.

Announcing the awards, KBA chairperson Banjagere Jayaprakash said Prof. Sheik Ali served as Vice-Chancellor of the Mangalore and Goa universities and was responsible for the emergence of a number of History scholars.

A major share of his research work relates to the period of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Prof. Sheik Ali has around 40 major works to his credit, including eight in Urdu.

(Agencies)

AAP protests, demands Bandaru Dattatreya’s resignation and arrest

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New Delhi: The AAP on Tuesday protested over the suicide by a Dalit research scholar and demanded the resignation and arrest of union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and the vice chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.

Over 300 supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi unit and its student wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti, besides party leader Ashutosh and MLAs Sandeep Kumar and Rakhi Birla, gathered at the Jantar Mantar here.

“We demand the immediate resignation and arrest of union minister Bandaru Dattatreya for driving a Dalit student to suicide in Hyderabad,” AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh said at a press conference here.

He demanded that Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani’s role in the matter should also be investigated.

He said the party would launch a nationwide protest on January 21 against the alleged persecution of Dalit students that forced one of them to commit suicide.

“The Dalits have faced persecution after the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre. There are several instances, including those in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Haryana, where Dalits were targeted, persecuted and even murdered,” he added.

Ashutosh, while referring to the Dadri lynching, attacked the NDA government saying, “This government is neither for the minorities nor for the Dalits.”

“Today in this country, in the name of Hindutva ideology, there is no space left for any kind of protest. Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar in 1949 had warned the country about the RSS saying that they are a big threat to the nation.

“Today, we promise to follow the words of Ambedkar… We all will have to prepare ourselves to face a long fight against this Hindutva ideology party,” Ashutosh said at the protest at Jantar Mantar.

He also demanded Smriti Irani’s resignation saying, “The PM continues to shield ministers who ostracize Dalits. The PM should sack Bandaru Dattatreya, and Smriti Irani’s role should be probed.”

Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in the New Research Scholars’ Hostel of the University of Hyderabad on Sunday. He was one of the five Dalit students suspended and expelled from the hostel and was staging a protest on the campus for the past 15 days.

Protests escalated in Hyderabad and cities across the country including in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai.

Student organisations including the All India Students Association (AISA), Students Federation of India (SFI) and CYSS and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) held protests at Jantar Mantar and at the HRD ministry in the capital demanding the sacking of the ministers and strong action against the vice chancellor.

As many as 115 students were detained on Monday after a violent protest outside the HRD ministry.

Dattatreya and the vice chancellor were named in the FIR over the death, which triggered massive protests and demands for their removal from their posts.

Dattatreya had written a letter to Irani, seeking action against their “anti-national acts”.

The HRD ministry on Monday constituted a two-member fact finding team to look into the incident.

(Agencies)

Movie Review: ‘Friends’ is a very heart warming film based on the eternal concept of friendship

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Friends-Marathi-Movie

Producer: Sanjay Kelapure, R Madhesh, Prem Vyaas & Manish Chanda
Directer: R. Madhesh
Star Cast: Swapnil Joshi, Sachit Patil & Gauri Nalawade
Genre: Drama
Verdict: GOOD

One more South Indian director R. Madhesh has joined the Marathi film arena with his latest emotionally charged Marathi film Friends.

Plot: It is the story of two best friends Swapnil Joshi & Sachit Patil and their journey of friendship facing many ups & downs during their friendly journey. It’s a nostalgic trip too, down the memory lane. It is really heart touching to see one friend sacrificing even his love for the sake of friendship that too in the present times.

Aces: The heartfelt emotional performances of the 2 fine actors Swapnil Joshi & Sachit Patil, and one or two songs based on friendship & love a la the Big B & Dharmendra starrer Sholay.

Minuses: The plot itself is highly predictable and clichéd but it is director R. Madesh’s good directorial treatment which becomes a timely saving grace.

Last Word: Friends is an entertainingly musical film for families and Gen X from all walks of life.

Dalit student’s suicide ‘murder of democracy’: Kejriwal

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Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday described the suicide of the Hyderabad Dalit student as “murder of democracy, social justice and equality”.

“It’s not suicide. It’s murder. It’s murder of democracy, social justice and equality. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji should sack ministers and apologise to the nation,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.

“(The) Modi government (is) constitutionally duty bound to uplift Dalits. Instead, Modi ji’s ministers got five Dalit students ostracised and suspended.”

Rohith Vemula, a second-year research scholar of science, technology and society studies department at the University of Hyderabad, was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in the New Research Scholars’ Hostel late on Sunday.

He was one of the five Dalit students suspended and expelled from the hostel for staging a protest on the campus for the past 15 days.

(Agencies)

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